China announces new climate targets in 5-year plan
The plan reaffirmed China’s conviction to “fully implement” the UN’s climate convention and the Paris Agreement.
The plan reaffirmed China’s conviction to “fully implement” the UN’s climate convention and the Paris Agreement.
Executives from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, Oracle, and OpenAI signed a “ratepayer protection pledge.”
Ukraine has the most experience in both managing an onslaught against its power plants, and finding ways to strike its adversary’s energy infrastructure.
We speak with filmmaker Craig Renaud, the director of Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud, an HBO documentary about his brother, photojournalist Brent Renaud, who was killed by Russian soldiers in Ukraine in 2022. March 13 marks the fourth anniversary of Brent’s death, and the film is both a tribute to him and “a bigger story about all the journalists who were being killed,” says Craig. “As we enter another war … I hope Brent’s work and the work of all the fallen journalists helps people pause for a minute and think about the impact that these wars will have.” Armed Only with a Camera: The Life and Death of Brent Renaud is nominated for Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards on March 15.
Surging prices for oil and gas, on their own, should improve the economic competitiveness of non-fossil energy sources.
Geeta Gandbhir has made history as the first woman to receive Oscar nominations for both Best Documentary Feature and Best Documentary Short in the same year. Her feature-length film, The Perfect Neighbor, looks at the case of Ajike Owens, a 35-year-old Black mother of four who was fatally shot in 2023 by her white neighbor. Her documentary short, The Devil Is Busy, chronicles a day on the frontlines in the battle for reproductive rights at a women’s healthcare clinic in Atlanta. Gandbhir spoke with Democracy Now! ahead of this year’s Academy Awards to discuss her two films and how art and politics intersect.
QatarEnergy has also halted output of downstream products such as methanol, polymers, and urea, prompting local industrial groups to suspend operations.